Dins Day 2024

3,628
Donors
179% of 2,024 Donor goal
$1,235,013
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Help Us Unlock $350,000 for Furman Students!

Dins Day, our cherished day of giving tradition, is celebrating 10 years! Join the alumni, parents, faculty, staff, and friends who are empowering our students to be agents of inspiration, leadership, and change in their communities.

Together, we’ll raise key resources for The Furman Advantage, Academics, Scholarships, Institutes, Athletics, and Wellness, Belonging and Community.

Challenge Alert: Mark ’85 P’26 and Monica P’26 Metz, Ken ’87 P’22 and Mary P’22 Clemens, and Rick ’74 P’04 and Ruth P’04 Wrenn are so inspired by the potential of our combined giving – and our exceptional students – they’re challenging our community to unlock $350,000 for student scholarships by reaching 2,024 donors on or before 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 23.

Your gift at any level is vital to our success as we strive to help fuel our students’ ambitions and drive Furman’s competitive excellence.

*Make your gift now  *Create a match or challenge *Spread the word  

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Updates

Congratulations to the Top Fund Challenge Winners

The competition for the Top Fund Challenge was strong and ten funds received more than 100 donations.  We’re pleased to share the results of the Challenge along with the additional funding received by each:

1

Track and Cross Country

$10,000

2

Strength and Conditioning

$6,000

3

Areas of Greatest Need

$3,500

4

Football

$2,000

5

Cheerleading

$1,000

Thank you to everyone who made our 10th annual Dins Day an incredible success and for coming together for Furman students.  

900 days ago by John Pezdek

3,039 donor milestone achieved, an additional $100,000 unlocked, and a total of $450,000 for student scholarships earned.  We are grateful!

The competition for the Top Fund Challenge is fierce and several funds are in contention to secure up to an additional $10,000. As our 10th annual Dins Day draws to a close at midnight, which funds will finish in the top five and who will come out on top?!?! 

901 days ago by John Pezdek

Dins on the move… 2,500+ donor milestone achieved!  

901 days ago by John Pezdek

2,024 donor milestone achieved and $350,000 for student scholarships unlocked. 

But the fun is not over yet. Mark ’85 P’26 and Monica P’26 Metz, Ken ’87 P’22 and Mary P’22 Clemens, and Rick ’74 P’04 and Ruth P’04 Wrenn have been so moved by the Furman family’s outpouring of support – they’ve agreed to give an additional $100,000 when we reach 3,039 donors before midnight tonight!  Thanks to their generosity, that’s a Dins Day total of $450,000 for student scholarship support.    

901 days ago by John Pezdek


Here we go Dins… 1,500+ donor milestone achieved!

901 days ago by John Pezdek

Dins on the move… 1,000+ donor milestone achieved!  


901 days ago by John Pezdek


Congrats to the Early Donor Challenge Winner!

The Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (Friends of WGSS) Fund will receive an additional $2,000 for securing the most individual donors prior to Dins Day. 

Thank you to everyone who made an early Dins Day donation and helped to build momentum for today!  


901 days ago by John Pezdek

Leaderboards & Donors

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Dins Day Top Overall Fund ChallengeTop Funds beginning April 1, 2024 for all Dins Day donations.
Fund/DesignationDonorsRaised ($)
English Department Current Operations Fund2$115
Child Development Center Fund4$130
Track & Cross Country366$12,801
Health Sciences and Public Health (Sam Spear '09 Fund for Student Enrichment in Health Sciences)22$1,572
Mock Trial78$31,134
French Program (Park Family Fund for Support of the French Program)8$645
Women's Tennis54$7,292
Beverly Osborne Williams Teaching Partnerships Fund (Faculty Development Center)63$2,657
German Program (German Department Special Needs Fund)19$11,884
Women's Golf89$44,548
Health Sciences and Public Health (Sam Spear '09 Fund for Student Enrichment in Health Sciences)22$1,572
The Furman Advantage24$2,919
Men's Soccer85$17,224
Women's Basketball61$13,900
Softball61$5,450
Mathematics (Wylie Mathematics Endowment)23$2,545
Sociology (Sociology Department Special Needs Fund)9$1,018
Men's Basketball137$27,491
Paladin Career Treks Fund (Career Services Fund)10$306
Theatre Guild Fund14$1,305
Earth, Environmental, and Sustainability Sciences (EESS Special Needs Fund)6$153
Joseph A. Vaughn Annual Scholarship12$2,244
Anthropology Fund4$672
Math and the Mouse MayX Annual Fund45$4,040
Asian Studies (Jones Asian Studies)6$644
Sports Medicine Department62$14,344
Spanish (Spanish Special Needs Fund)3$130
Physics (Physics Department Special Needs Fund)30$5,400
Football221$44,749
Volleyball124$68,030
Cheerleading204$9,290
Women's Lacrosse74$12,963
Women's Soccer66$23,772
LGBTQIA+ Programming Fund25$1,614
Art6$209
Shucker Center for Leadership Development7$1,127
Politics and International Affairs (Special Needs)16$2,501
Fraternity and Sorority Life (Greek Life Fund)3$69
Modern Languages and Literatures3$117
Accounting (Accounting Special Needs Fund)8$3,734
Computer Science (Hayden S. Porter Endowed Fund)8$403
Bridges to a Brighter Future Special Needs6$644
Performing and Fine Arts2$10
Parent and Family Fund19$17,984
English (English Department Special Needs Fund)6$389
Strategic Design (Master of Arts Program)0$0
Furman United (high-need scholarship)44$4,792
Band (Band Designated Fund)37$2,635
Music Department Special Fund5$300
Student Activities (Student Life)3$229
Advocacy and Equity Studies (Master of Arts Program - Restricted Fund)1$24
Student Office for Accessibility Resources (SOAR) Special Projects6$388
Dins Dialogue3$34
General Scholarship Fund16$604
Economics (Richard A. Stanford Engaged Learning in Economics Fund)11$3,040
Dance Team Restricted Fund4$1,123
Classical Language3$55
Communication Studies (Charlie Delancey Lectureship for Communication Studies)43$3,450
Furman University Libraries (Friends of the Furman University Libraries)32$3,490
Staff Community Scholarship Endowment10$181
Men's Golf105$26,703
Philosophy Current Operations Fund1$100
On Discourse Annual Fund1$5
Areas of Greatest Need235$34,371
Furman University Police Department Special Needs12$33,253
Master of Science in Community Engaged Medicine Annual Scholarship Fund5$415
Paladin Scholarship Fund122$23,655
Furman Singers Special Tours47$4,904
International Student Support3$245
Strength and Conditioning351$29,522
Paladin Regiment Uniform Replacement Fund4$229
Joseph A. Vaughn Endowed Scholarship3$148
Catholic Campus Ministries5$407
Special Collections and Archives Fund3$305
Sociology Department Current Operations Fund2$49
The Pathways Program Annual Fund9$13,884
Tocqueville Program51$7,963
Institute for the Advancement of Community Health (IACH)36$7,771
Data Analytics Program Annual Fund6$394
Religion (Religion Department Special Needs Fund)7$259
Philosophy (Philosophy Special Needs Fund)2$29
Academic Support (for Peer Assisted Learning, the Center for Academic Success, and the Writing and Media Lab)8$2,765
Inclusive Excellence Annual Fund5$319
The Riley Institute13$477
Men's Tennis54$7,559
Biology59$5,563
Class Year
Class YearDonorsRaised ($)
19580$0
19520$0
199123$4,117
19611$240
19490$0
19500$0
19667$3,804
201229$3,881
19572$524
200126$7,874
201016$866
198320$6,622
19540$0
197817$3,371
198518$6,670
202143$4,701
198023$4,077
197622$15,532
202228$1,427
200810$712
202758$1,893
200221$2,061
197722$6,296
200532$12,913
201116$1,195
197917$1,907
199928$7,074
199621$3,416
199334$8,578
201623$2,197
19686$1,550
19817$1,298
199028$9,385
202342$1,590
198815$5,903
202038$3,117
199815$12,425
201841$3,406
198714$4,988
200925$4,205
19657$1,170
200019$2,537
19460$0
19646$650
201734$4,882
19562$240
19480$0
19530$0
19603$724
19450$0
19510$0
19470$0
198435$36,401
198933$14,379
19622$3,540
199228$9,174
197320$4,537
197217$9,810
19634$110
198212$5,062
19676$5,096
200725$8,416
201930$4,784
19717$954
198629$11,588
199728$17,170
19550$0
19706$1,014
201430$2,428
197427$6,380
200432$5,673
200328$2,091
201525$5,900
200620$4,562
197513$4,351
201315$1,699
202650$585
199526$10,003
19591$50
19692$574
199428$10,315
Donor Affiliations
Gradhat icon31%Alumni
Book icon7%Students
Parent icon15%Parents
Suitcase icon10%Faculty/Staff
Friends icon19%Friends
Suitcase icon1%Retired Faculty/Staff
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Mark ’85 P’26 and Monica P’26 Metz, Ken ’87 P’22 and Mary P’22 Clemens, and Rick ’74 P’04 and Ruth P’04 Wrenn

Gave $350,000 during a Challenge!

Mark ’85 P’26 and Monica P’26 Metz, Ken ’87 P’22 and Mary P’22 Clemens, and Rick ’74 P’04 and Ruth P’04 Wrenn

Gave $100,000 during a Challenge!

Furman Parent & Family Council

Offered a $25,000 match

Furman Volleyball

Generated 332 clicks and 56 gifts, totaling $15,491

Cindy Davis '84

Offered a $15,000 match

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Generated 1 click
Offered a $15,000 match

Bryce Stanfield

Generated 88 clicks and 20 gifts, totaling $14,168

Cynthia Francisco P'23

Gave $10,000 during a Challenge!

Cynthia Francisco P'23

Offered a $10,000 match

An anonymous donor to Men's Soccer

Gave $10,000 during a Challenge!